In late summer, after noon, the capital was shrouded in gloomy dark clouds, and there was no one on the street. The wet and cool wind swept away the stuffy heat, and the heavy rain was about to come.

In such weather, even the poor people who can't get rid of the pot will not roam around the streets. God knows when the heavy rain will arrive, but at this moment, countless official sedan chairs are rushing from all directions to the Beihai. The nobles in the sedan chair who was jogging all the way were complaining, and even the butler who was accompanying next to him was so tired that the dog stuck out his tongue.

But no one dared to complain, because the one who summoned everyone was Ci'an, the last powerful Empress Dowager in Beijing now, and it was the first time that the Empress Dowager in Dong took the initiative to summon important officials after the New Year's Day meeting.

Minister of Military Affairs, Minister of Zongli Yamen, Princes and nobles of the Eight Banners, and Leaders of Han ministers... Although they are not serious dynasties, they are all real power figures.

Of course, the two brothers, Prince Gong Yi and Prince Chun Yihuan, are indispensable. Just like the Yue-go, the two sedans entered the newly repaired South Gate of North Hainan almost at the same time. The wet and cold wind that had just ran in from the North Sea opened the curtain.

"Do you know why we were summoned?" Yi? Asked a little consciously.

"Why else? Isn't it just that His Majesty was assassinated? In the past month, there was no other topic in the entire Sijiu City, and it was almost quarreling to collapse." Yihuan's eyes were deep, and a pair of panda eyes showed that he, the Nine Gate Admiral, had really been busy in the past few days.

The two of them walked in silence, looking at the chaotic construction site outside the sedan chair, the old willow trees transplanted from somewhere, and the green pine and cypresses were tied up with ropes to fix them while the eunuch was busy.

Many newly built palaces were tiled, and craftsmen walked down from the shelves to fix the debris with ropes and tart cloth. The pleasure boats on the North Sea returned to the port, and the strong wind blew the waves slammed on the white marble stone steps.

"Damn it, how much money will be wasted? Why did that Fu Qing have so much money?" Yi? He twisted the court beads on his neck fiercely, and his eyes were full of vicious resentment.

He absolutely opposed the reconstruction of the Beihai and Jingshan project. On the one hand, he felt sorry for the silver, but on the other hand, he was afraid that Empress Dowager Dong would raise his own power on this Jingshan.

China's politics pays great attention to ritualism, and many things are based on people's speculation rather than documents like the West that make them black and white.

Although it was just a trivial matter of the Empress Dowager Dong moving the palace to Jingshan, in the eyes of discerning people, this is a political signal to divide the boundaries with the Empress Dowager Xi, and living outside the Forbidden City is also obviously supporting the reformists within the Eight Banners.

You see, my empress dowager no longer lives in the Forbidden City. I take the lead in not following the rules, so the people below will naturally understand and look up to the reformist ministers.

Moreover, officials and students across the country are also watching. If the Qing Dynasty court cannot even invite the Queen Mother of the East to go back to the Forbidden City, it means that the traditional forces have no control over the court, and there will naturally be people with ulterior motives to make bad ideas.

So from the beginning, Yi? They firmly opposed Ci'an's residence in Jingshan, and the lack of money in the treasury was a very reasonable excuse.

Unexpectedly, Ci'an was more shrewd and made his attitude directly. Isn't your treasury not cashing out? Give me the IOU, and then Ci'an took these IOUs and went to the governors of various places to ask for the accounts. This is OK.

Don’t talk about Yi? It’s really unified. Don’t say it’s a joke. In the late Qing Dynasty, there was a very special situation where the local governor’s power rose sharply, and everyone has financial power.

After a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, the Han officials and governors were already in great shape. Although they did not rebel, they no longer listened to the central government's financial situation.

The liquor funds of each province, that is, local commercial taxes and land taxes of each province, have never been paid in full. They will get a 30% discount this year and a 50% discount next year. The reason is very simple. There are too many rebels.

If one or two governors cannot pay the money, the court can still deal with it. If even the governors and governors in the world cannot afford the money, the court will have to stare at them. In the end, the local government owes Beijing, and then Beijing owes hundreds of officials, and in the end, the government will have to owe the local government owes funds. This is a bad debt that cannot be settled.

Ci'an Ming said, "You should just assign how much money to me. The Ministry of Works will make a project budget and then let the court officials discuss it together. If you don't object, let the Ministry of Revenue issue me an IOU. As for how the Ai family asks for this money, then don't worry about anyone.

When the ministers in the court heard that this was feasible, don’t talk about how much money it is. If you only have a budget of 10 million taels, wouldn’t it be useless to get the money?

Finally, the Ministry of Works made a plan of 6 million taels of silver openly, and asked Style Lei to draw detailed drawings. Just looking at the beautiful scenery on the drawings, you can only know how exquisite the garden in the future is.

The Ministry of Works made a budget, and the Ministers of Military Affairs nodded in agreement. The two empress dowagers used treasures. Finally, the Ministry of Revenue issued a white note. To put it bluntly, it was the IOU that the local governors and governors used.

The Ministry of Revenue's work is also very meticulous, and it actually split the six million taels of silver into various provinces, including 500,000 taels in Jiangsu, 500,000 taels in Zhejiang, and 500,000 taels in Guangdong. The eight provinces left Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Anhui, Zhili, Shining, Henan and Shanxi, a total of 2.5 million taels were separated.

As for the last two million taels, the last two million taels were shared by other poor provinces, and the least Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan only shared more than 300,000 taels of silver. The Gansu and Shaanxi Ministry of Rebellion were fighting, so they would not bear it. In short, the last six million taels of silver were all shared, and even the provinces had no objection.

The economic situation of each province is on the surface. If Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces can't even get 500,000 yuan in silver, no one will believe this if it is said.

Just as everyone in the Beijing court was waiting to see the joke, he never expected that Fu Qing from the Zongli Yamen would actually say that he had acquired all the 600 taels of white slips, and that the Lotte Bank behind the third master accepted all the funds raised from the Beihai project of Empress Dowager Ci'an.

This scared the court. Everyone knows that Lotte Bank is Xiao Lotte's property. Is this guy rich and has no limit? He can pay 6 million taels of silver at any time.

In the Qing Dynasty, one tael was equivalent to a Western croque weight of 35 grams, while a dragon-patterned silver coin stamped by Ryukyu weighed 27 grams. If it was converted to 1 million taels of silver, it would be approximately equal to 1.3 million dragon-patterned silver coins.

6 million taels of silver, that is a total of 7.8 million dragon-patterned silver coins. Such wealth caused all the merchants in the Qing Dynasty to be speechless, including Shanxi Gang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Gang, Hui merchants, Shanghai compradors, Guangdong's thirteen lines... All the merchants in China who ranked first were shocked by this move.

"Xiao Letian is indeed the illegitimate son of the Old Dragon King of the East China Sea. What if he can take the East China Sea Treasure House?"

Amid people's doubts, the silver transportation team of Lotte Foreign Company drove into Beijing, and the silver cart that could not be seen was overwhelmingly crossing the stone road. The people on both sides were stunned.

When the guys opened the silver box in front of the people of Sijiu City, everyone was covered in their eyes with a bang.

The clean and brand new ones are all dragon-patterned silver coins. Now Ryukyu has stopped privately casting Mexican Eagle Ocean. At this time, the ones made are nominally belonging to the Ryukyu Kingdom, but the actual shares are all in the hands of Xiao Letian, and the dragon-patterned silver coins.

There is a dragon on the front, and the back is written with sterling silver as one round, and the edges of the silver coins are stamped with serrated patterns, which is because people are afraid that they can steal silver slags with files.

The stamping process is much more beautiful than the casting process. The embossed dragon is lifelike, the handwriting behind it is extremely clear, and when you squeeze the center of the circle and blow it with your mouth, the silver coin can still sing.

"The dragon pattern silver round in the East China Sea is so beautiful, all of which are brand new... My Emperor's Ancestor, why is Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea so rich?"

"You don't know this. Xiao Letian from Donghai is not a human being at all... Haha, this is not a swearing person. Xiao Letian from Donghai is the illegitimate son of the old dragon king of Donghai... No, no, that's called the illegitimate dragon."

"Everyone knows that this youngest son is always the most favored, and the old Dragon King is the most favored, so he is allowed to transform into a world of clouds and rain and become the boy who disperses wealth..."

"You northerners have never seen the world. There is a legend in our southern business district that as long as you follow Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai to do business, there is no reason to lose money, and you will definitely make a fortune... Why is that, because Donghai is the territory of the Dragon Prince, and Xiao Letian, the little dragon, wants nothing in his own home."

"It makes sense. What this guy said makes sense. No wonder the prime minister insisted on going to Ryukyu to be prime minister if he didn't become an official in the Qing Dynasty. It turned out that it was someone's hometown. It was naturally not used to the water dragon going to dry land..."

"Yes, yes, and look at it. Prime Minister Xiao's economy and military layout are all managed along the sea. I have never seen him go deep into the inland. It seems that he went to Shanxi when he returned to China. I heard that he had encountered bandits..."

"What does this mean? It means that the water dragon cannot be far away from the water. When it comes to the land of the dry dragon, it will be bullied."

A group of superstitious people were talking nonsense together, but they never expected that this kind of superstitious remarks circulating among the people would be so marketable. Three days of kung fu spread throughout the four nine cities, and half a month of kung fu spread throughout Zhili. I believe that in less than a year, the theory of water dragons will naturally spread throughout the country.

"No wonder, Your Majesty can't take anyone out. The Prime Minister was taken away easily when he came. And I heard that Your Majesty listened to Xiao Letian's words, it turns out that only Dragons can teach Dragons."

The guy guarding the silver box and the Marines listened to these rumors, although they sneered in their hearts, their faces were still very glorious. It was a great thing that his lord was recognized as a dragon.

Although they saw some familiar figures passing by in the crowd, they were still willing to believe that their elders were just one-stop.

On that day, Lotte Bank escorted a total of 2.5 million dragon-patterned silver coins, which shocked the entire Qing Dynasty. In the following month, as long as cities with Lotte Bank and Lotte Bank in Jiangnan and Jiangbei were all issuing something called treasury bonds.

Now Yi? They were panicked. Although they couldn't understand what Le Tian Foreign Company wanted to do, they could understand based on their intuition that Xiao Le Tian would not suffer any loss when he took action.

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